It is the first monograph-length study of the force-feeding of hunger strikers in English, Irish and Northern Irish prisons. It examines ethical debates that arose throughout the twentieth century when governments authorised the force-feeding of imprisoned suffragettes, Irish republicans and convict prisoners. It also explores the fraught role of prison doctors called upon to perform the proced…
The 43rd UID conference, held in Genova, takes up the theme of ‘Dialogues’ as practice and debate on many fundamental topics in our social life, especially in these complex and not yet resolved times. The city of Genova offers the opportunity to ponder on the value of comparison and on the possibilities for the community, naturally focused on the aspects that concern us, as professors, rese…
This book provides an inclusive and comprehensive discussion of the transmission, science, biology, genome sequencing, diagnostics, and therapeutics of COVID-19. It also discusses public and government health measures and the roles of media as well as the impact of society on the ongoing efforts to combat the global pandemic. It addresses almost every topic that has been studied so far in the r…
In 1670, the ancient homeland of the Cree and Ojibwe people of Hudson Bay became known to the English entrepreneurs of the Hudson's Bay Company as Rupert's Land, after the founder and absentee landlord, Prince Rupert. For four decades, Jennifer S. H. Brown has examined the complex relationships that developed among the newcomers and the Algonquian communities-who hosted and tolerated the fur tr…
Buku ini membahas topik yang sangat spesifik dalam hidrologi nuklir atau hidrogeologi. Edisi Khusus bertajuk "Applications of Stable Isotopes and Tritium in Hydrology" ini menyajikan metodologi mutakhir dalam pemanfaatan perunut (tracer) isotop untuk menguraikan proses hidrologi yang kompleks dan siklus air secara global. Enam makalah ilmiah dalam volume ini menunjukkan keragaman aplikasi isoto…
Lanskap konsumsi energi dan manajemen sumber daya telah mengalami transformasi drastis dalam beberapa dekade terakhir. Integrasi teknologi yang cepat dan elektrifikasi yang meluas telah meningkatkan permintaan energi secara signifikan, yang pada gilirannya memberikan tekanan besar pada sumber daya alam yang terbatas. Menanggapi hal tersebut, sektor industri kini mulai beralih dari penggunaan en…
Buku ini akan sangat relevan bagi mahasiswa Fakultas Teknologi Pertanian (FTP), khususnya program studi Teknologi Hasil Pertanian, serta mahasiswa Biologi (FMIPA). Karena topiknya mengenai "Bacteriocins" (seperti Nisin), buku ini juga berkaitan erat dengan riset bioteknologi. Selain itu, buku ini merupakan kompilasi artikel ilmiah komprehensif yang berfokus pada pemanfaatan kultur pelindung (pr…
Buku ini memberikan gambaran teknis yang sangat baik mengenai transisi nanoteknologi dari operasional pengeboran menuju metode Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). "Dalam satu dekade terakhir, industri minyak bumi telah menyaksikan keberhasilan implementasi nanoteknologi pada sistem kompleksi, fluida pemboran, serta peningkatan konstruksi dan peralatan sumur. Namun, aplikasi lapangan skala penuh untuk …
This chapter provides an overview of the history of pollination biology, it begins by discussing the basics of pollination and goes on to discuss pollinators and their diversity. Sections also cover the ecology and evolution of floral traits, domestication and its impact on plant-pollinator relationships and how pollinators can impact agriculture. A section on modern agriculture and pollinators…
This open access book presents the key aspects of statistics in Wasserstein spaces, i.e. statistics in the space of probability measures when endowed with the geometry of optimal transportation. Further to reviewing state-of-the-art aspects, it also provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of this current topic, as well as an overview that will serve as an invitation and catalyst…